Indian Poor as Political Tools
By Datuk Dr Denison Jayasooria, Principal research fellow, Institute of ethnic studies UKM
BN government agenda for Indian community
I have been involved in policy advocacy since 1997 when I joined the MIC Social Strategic Foundation. Wh...

Why India should pay more attention towards the engagement of PIOs?
Niranjan Marjani
Indian Diaspora is the largest Diaspora in the world today. It is divided into two categories – the Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and the Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs). As per the data of Ministry o...

Zanzibar, the Land of Jasmin and Langi Langi!
Urmila Jhaveri
Also known as Island of spices , Zanzibar was famous as the land of Omani Arabs Sultans , Slave trade , the British Administrators and pioneer settlers from many countries including Middle East, India, Oman, Yeme...

A Short History of Tamil Newspapers in Malaya (Malaysia), 1875 – 1960
Dr. Ganesan Shanmugavelu
Since coming to Malaya, the Indians have experienced various social, economic and political development as well as forming a community with its own culture and traditions in Ma...

H-1B Visa Imbroglio
Dr. M. Mahalingam
Introduction
As part of larger immigration reforms, the newly elected Republican government being led by Donald Trump had recently issued a draft executive order to review or overhaul of H1B work visa, because of this visa programme encourages che...

Migration of Students from India: An Overview
By Dr. Amba Pande
India is the world’s second largest student sending country after China with the number of Indian students abroad having increased four times in the last 14 years. Students’ migration of such magnitude ...

Malaysian Indian Blueprint, Some Reflections
By Datuk Dr Denison Jayasooria
Prime Minister Najib in tabling the Eleventh Malaysia Plan on May 21, 2015 announced in his parliamentary speech –“for the Indian community, as a way forward, a Blueprint will be formulated ...

The Encounter of a New (Dis)order: Trump and Immigration Chaos
By Dr. Sadananda Sahoo
There has been increasing barriers on human movements in almost all countries across the world. This is the result of partly due to the identity politics that is increasingly visible in almost all ...

Punjabi Diaspora`s Religious and Political Engagements in Homeland: A Critical Assessment
By Rahul Kumar
Overview of Punjabi Migration
Since 19th century Punjabis have been migrating to different parts of the world p owning to push factor and partly due to pull factor. Duri...